Honors Program Senior Theses/Projects

A row of thin black books with names on the spine in gold

Required since 1989, the Honors Program Senior Thesis/Project is the culmination of an Honors student's four years of undergraduate study. It represents a significant creative, scholarly, pedagogical, or scientific endeavor. Whether applying to graduate schools or to possible employers, Honors students discover their senior thesis or project is a distinctive addition to their professional portfolio.

Upon completion and advisor approval, the project is publicly presented to the college community at a ceremony at the end of the graduate's senior year. The final copy is then bound and cataloged in Western Oregon University's Hamersly Library or made available through the library's institutional repository. The students' project titles are also listed on special pages of the graduation program.

Browse Projects by Year

 

Projects from 2025

Projects from 2024

Projects from 2023

Projects from 2022

Projects from 2021

The Importance of Reading with Children
Olivia M. Geisler-Wagner

Projects from 2020

Teaching Loving Math
Daniel Woolf
Coding in the Classroom
Sierra J. Fresh
Becoming Stardust
Susannah M. Doepken
ADHD Study Utopia
Morgan Montoya

Projects from 2019

Shattered Green: A Novel
Kaitlin Weider
[ working title ]: A Screenplay
Mindy A. Mawhirter

Projects from 2018

Luminance
Ella Young
Black, Red, and Gold
Amanda Clarke

Projects from 2017

The Authenticity of Hula in Japan
Gianne Shelby Pabustan
Light: Emotion in Painting
Elaina Glasscock

Projects from 2016

The Birthing Effect
Shantell Guyton
Familiarization
Joshua Steen Leisner

Older Projects

Painting With Data
Tristan Knope-Jenkins
Common Core Math: A Guide
Stephanie J. Eaton
2A Delivery
Julian Garcia